Mrs. Stieffel

1921

Alfred Stieglitz

Associated Names
Alfred Stieglitz

Artist, American, 1864 - 1946

The image shows a seated elderly woman from the waist up. She is turned slightly to her right, facing the camera with closed eyes. She wears small, round spectacles and her hair is neatly styled under a lace cap. She is dressed in a dark dress with long sleeves, a lace-trimmed scarf at her neck. She sits in a carved wooden chair, holding a lace item in her lap. A ring adorns one of her fingers. The background is simple and dark.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    palladium print

  • Credit Line

    Alfred Stieglitz Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed to image): 24 × 19.2 cm (9 7/16 × 7 9/16 in.)
    mount: 55.1 × 44.8 cm (21 11/16 × 17 5/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1949.3.467

  • Stieglitz Estate Number

    48D

    Part of Stieglitz Key Set Online Edition

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  • Key Set Number

    699

The image shows a man leaning his head on his hand, positioned with his face resting on his left hand. He has a mustache, thin-framed eyeglasses, and thick, greying hair that curls slightly at the edges. He is dressed in a formal jacket, a white shirt, and a black bow tie. The background is a soft, dark blur.

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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Georgia O'Keeffe; gift to NGA, 1949.

Associated Names

Bibliography

2002

  • Greenough, Sarah. Alfred Stieglitz: The Key Set: The Alfred Stieglitz Collection of Photographs. Washington, 2002: vol. 1, cat. 699.

Inscriptions

by Doris Bry, on mount, lower left, in graphite: Treated by Steichen—6/50; lower left verso: 48 D

Wikidata ID

Q64034995

Scholarly Remarks and Key Set Data

Other Collections

A print corresponding with this photograph can also be found in the following collection(s):

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Lifetime Exhibitions

A print from the same negative—perhaps a photograph from the Gallery’s collection—appeared in the following exhibition(s) during Alfred Stieglitz’s lifetime:

1923, New York (nos. 59–61, as Mrs. Stieffel—Age 90, 1921)

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